December2016

News Hour: India’s top counter-terrorism agency on Monday charged Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and its top leader, with perpetrating a deadly attack on an Indian air force base in January. The National Investigation Agency (NIA)...

News Hour: Five men were sentenced to death by an Indian court on Monday for their role in two deadly bombings in 2013 in the city of Hyderabad, including the co-founder of an outlawed Islamist group...

News Hour: U.S. stocks were higher on Monday in light trading, with the three major indexes hovering near record levels, driven by a rise in technology shares. The S&P technology index .SPLRCT rose 0.94 percent, leading...

News Hour: Pakistani movie theaters began screening Bollywood films again on Monday, ending an 11-week boycott in response to political and military tensions with India, theater officials said. Some theater owners said the restoration was because...

News Hour: Chinese artist Liu Bolin, known as “the invisible man” for using painted-on camouflage to blend into the backdrops of his photographs, says his latest project aims to put the spotlight on China’s air pollution...

News Hour: Santa Claus climbing down a skyscraper in Berlin. A parade of terrifying monsters in Bavaria. The run-up to Christmas in Germany this year has included the usual displays of dazzling lights and festive markets,...

News Hour: This Christmas, for once, Bethlehem really can boast again that there is no room at the inn, as relative calm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank brings pilgrims and tourists flocking to the town of...

News Hour: Two months into Mosul operations, which began on 17 October, more than 99,300 Iraqis are currently displaced. Over 53,700 are from the central Mosul sub-district of Merkaz Mosul. Displacement continues with a net increase...

News Hour: Searches for selfies led to many bad decisions, an outbreak of creepy clown sightings chilled even horror maestro Stephen King, and a hard-fought campaign ended with the election of former reality TV star Donald...

News Hour: At Santa Claus’ Lapland home in Finland, his helpers sort out piles of letters from around the world, each detailing children’s requests for this Christmas. In English, Italian or other languages, youngsters’ handwriting adorn...